Jared Leto is having an 'insane' time

5:03 AM,
Sep. 11, 2013

Written by

Donna Freydkin, USA TODAY

TORONTO - Dallas Buyers Club is one of the most talked-about films at the International Film Festival. And the award for most revelatory performance goes to Jared Leto.

Yes, the same chiseled actor who became famous for playing Jordan Catalano in the 1994 ABC TV series My So-Called Life. This time, he's a transgender character named Rayon who becomes Matthew McConaughey's pal in the drama (due out Nov. 1).

"There's been great drag queens in film. But I didn't want to put up onscreen this cross-dressing cliché that was the butt of every joke," says Leto. "I hadn't worked in a long time and I saw an ...